Waves And Tides

Question 0

What is a crest?

Answer 0

Highest point of a wave

Question 1

What is the definition of a wave?

Answer 1

A rythmatic movement that carries energy through matter or space

Question 2

What is a trough?

Answer 2

Lowest point of a wave

Question 3

What happens when wind blows across a body of water?

Answer 3

Wind energy is transferred into the water

Question 4

What do the height of the waves depended on?

Answer 4

Speed of the wind

Question 5

The word tide is a generic term used to define….

Answer 5

The alternating rise and fall of sea level with respect to to the land, produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun.

Question 6

Why are tides created?

Answer 6

Because the earth and moon are attracted to each other

Question 7

Earth is able to hold on to everything except for….

Answer 7

Water

Question 8

Why can’t earth hold on to water?

Answer 8

Because water is constantly moving

Question 9

Because earth can’t hold onto water, what can? And why?

Answer 9

The moon can because the moon is able to pull at it

Question 10

How many high tides are there a day?

Answer 10

2

Question 11

How may low tides are there a day?

Answer 11

2

Question 12

Does the ocean move from low tide to high tide or high tide to low tide?

Answer 12

High tide to low tide

Question 13

How much time is in between the high tides?

Answer 13

12 hours and 25 minutes

Question 14

What causes a wave?

Answer 14

Wind and currents move the surface water causing waves

Question 15

What is earth being pulled toward?

Answer 15

The moon

Question 16

Why do ocean levels fluctuate daily?

Answer 16

Because the sun, moon, and earth interact

Question 17

What happens when the moon travels around the earth, and together they travel around the sun?

Answer 17

The combined gravitational forces causes the worlds oceans to rise and fall

Question 18

What happens when the sun and moon are aligned?

Answer 18

The are exceptionally strong gravitational forces, causing very high and very low tides. Which are called spring tides

Question 19

Spring tides have nothing to do with the….

Answer 19

Season

Question 20

When the sun and moon are not aligned…….

Answer 20

the gravitational forces cancel each other out, therefor the tides are not dramatically high or low. These are called neap tides

Question 21

What is a spring tide?

Answer 21

When tides are very high or very low

Question 22

What are neap tides?

Answer 22

When the tides Are not dramatically high or low.

Question 23

What happens when the moon is new or full?

Answer 23

The gravitational pull of the moon and sun are combined

Question 24

Spring tides occur when there is a....

Answer 24

Full or new moon

Question 25

During the moons quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing......

Answer 25

The bulges to cancel each other out.

Question 26

Are neap tides strong or weak?

Answer 26

Weak

Question 27

When do neap tides occur?

Answer 27

When the gravitational forces of the moon and sun are perpendicular

Question 28

What phases of the moon do neap tides occur?

Answer 28

During quarter moons.